2026:HHC:29370 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No.490 of 2026 Date of decision: 17.07.2026 Sunil Dutt & Ors. ...Petitioners. Versus Rakesh Kanwar & Anr. …Respondents. Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner(s) : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate. For the respondent : Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Gautam Sood, Deputy Advocate General, for the respondents-State Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge Compliance affidavit stands filed along with office order dated 18.06.2026, whereby benefit of direction passed by the Court in judgment dated 07.10.2025 passed in LPA No.127 of 2024 titled as Sunil Dutt & Ors. Vs. State of H.P. & Ors. has been extended to the petitioners subject to final outcome of SLP preferred by the State in the Apex Court. 2. In view of above, present petition is closed and stands disposed of with observation that petitioners shall be at liberty to 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment? Yes -2- seek appropriate remedy for redressal of surviving grievances, if any, in accordance with law. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. (Vivek Singh Thakur) Judge 17th July, 2026 (Pardeep)